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How to Add a Border to a Shape or Button

Learn how to add and customize borders for buttons or shapes in your design using the border tool—perfect for visual emphasis.

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Adding borders to shapes or buttons in your design is a simple way to enhance visibility, improve layout structure, and guide user attention—especially when creating visual assets for digital marketing campaigns, websites, or social media ads.

Add Borders in Just a Few Clicks

To add a border to a shape or button in your design:

  1. Insert a shape or button

    • Go to the Elements tab.

    • Drag and drop your desired shape or button onto the canvas.

  2. Customize the border

    • Select the element.

    • In the toolbar, locate the Border settings.

    • You can then adjust:

      • Color

      • Border thickness

      • Opacity

Borders are applied in real time, giving you full control over how your elements look on both desktop and mobile formats.

User adding a white border to a button in a banner ad using Bannersnack's design editor interface for customizing digital marketing creatives.

Pro Tip:

Use high-contrast borders to make CTAs and key information stand out, especially in display ads or campaigns targeting mobile users.


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